Vlll MOTTOES. 



ARISTOTLE (c<>ntiiun-</). 



Wr must not allow ourselves to be childishly disgusted with the 

 observation of the less attractive organisms, for in all the things of 

 nature there is something that is admirable. Just as Heraclitus, 

 according to the story, exclaimed to the visitors who surprised him 

 in the kitchen by the fire, " Come in, for here, too, are the gods ; " so 

 we, too, must approach to the inspection of every animal with 

 in-vcr a wry face, since there is what is natural and beautiful 

 in all things. For in all the works of nature there is not chance but 

 design, and that, too, in the highest (De partibus, i. 1, ">). 



PHILO. 



HKGEU 



The Principle of Design, consciously signalised by Socrates, was 

 developed and completed into full recognition by Plato, and 

 especially Aristotle. 



Aristotle declared the main quest, or the most essential know- 

 ledge (iirioripy eipxucuriiTYi), to be the recognition of the end 

 (T&OS ZwecK) : but that is the good of everything, or just generally 

 the best in all nature. 



